"One of the surest evidences of an elevated……" — Benjamin Haydon
"One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste."
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Benjamin Haydon
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17 Quotes by Benjamin Haydon
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The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next…
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To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring…
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Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.
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The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
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When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
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Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it…
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The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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This is an age of intellectual sauces, of essence, of distillation. We have conclusions without deductions, abridgments of history and…
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Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.
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It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but…
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Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
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